Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

NOTEBOOK “ν”

GERMANY AND THE WORLD WAR

Germany and the World War.

(A collection of articles: 686 pp.).Berlin, 1915.

(Published by O. Hintze, Fr. Meinecke and others.)

Martens, “A Collection of Treaties”, 15, p. 237 (Chancellor Nesselrode’s letter to Kiselyov, Minister in Paris, August 30,1848, on a Franco-Russian rapprochement against Germany).

Barsukov, “Life of Pogodin”, 5, p. 330 et seq.; 9, p. 262 (Pogodin’s Memorandum, in1840, on “liberation” of the Austrian Slavs).

Tyutchev. In a memorandum “Russia and Revolution” (for Alexander II)—“Bohemia will be free when Galicia is Russian” (Russky Arkhiv, 1873, p. 926 et seq.).

Memorandumof 1864. “Modern Politics” (drawn up on the instructions of Gorchakov); the Austrian Slavs must look to Russia to free them: (Eckhardt) “Secret Russian Memorandum, 1864” inDeutsche Rundschau, VI, 11, p. 209 et seq.

Moscow Slav Charitable Society. Its policy.

Danilevsky, “Russia and Europe”: articles inZarya, 1869-70, and a book: 1st edition in 1871.

Danilevsky argued that France’s defeat would be to Russia’s advantage, for it would foster dissension and enmity between France and Germany andfavourRussian domination (appeared inZarya, January 1871; reprinted inDanilevsky’sCollection of Economic and Political Articles, St. Petersburg, 1890, pp. 27 and 29).

Fadeyev,The Eastern Question—an Opinion, St. Petersburg, 1870.

P. A. Saburov’s Memorandum, Russky Arkhiv, 1912, 1, p. 470 ((“the success of Prussian arms, 1870, is also a victory for us”. Sic!!!)).

Ivan SergeyevichAksakov: speech of July 4, 1878 (against Russian diplomacy and, indirectly, against the tsar: dissatisfaction with the Berlin Congress).

Pokrovsky, “Russian Foreign Policy” inHistory of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, 9, p. 204 et seq. (and p. 174) (Russia’s claims on Bulgaria and her railways in 1877).

“Neo-Slavism” in 1908 and thereabouts.

May 1908: a Czech (Member of Parliament), a liberal Slovene and a Russophile Ruthenian, visit Russia (St. Petersburg)

Dmowski, Germany, Russia and the Polish Question

(a plan to “reconcile” the Poles with Russia at the cost of oppressing the Ukrainians).

P. Struve, “Patriotica”, p.213(The Slav Days).

Moskovsky Yezhenedelnik, 1910, No. 27, column 4.

Goryainov(director of archives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs):Bosporus and the Dardanelles,1907.

G. Trubetskoi, Russia as a Great Power, p. 122 (for the time being, Italy is more useful in the enemy camp!!!)

Gr. Yevreinov(Senator),Ideology of the Near-Eastern Question, St. Petersburg, 1911.

Slavyanskiye Izvestia, 1913, No. 8 (January 6 (19), 1913); 1912, No. 45 (November 10 (23), 1912).

FRANKE, “THE GREAT POWERS IN EASTERN ASIA”

This article by Otto Franke, “The Great Powers in Eastern Asia”, is included in the same volume.

A useful summary of the facts (partly with source references) about how China was robbed by Britain and France (Annam by France, Burma by Britain, Tibet by Britain, Siam by France and Britain—all former parts of China or areas dependent on her).

1911: Anglo-Japanese treaty (replacing the old one)— Britain will remain neutral in the event of war between Japan and America (Japanprobablygiven a “free hand” against Germany).

ONCKEN, “PRE-HISTORY OF THE WAR”

IbidemHermannOncken, “Pre-History of the War”.